Scratch Pad: Collateral, Obsidian, Daylight

At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I tag on what books I may have finished reading. Knowing I’ll revisit my social media posts serves, I’ve found, as a positive and mellowing influence on my online activity. Some items show up on disquiet.com before this post, in which case I don’t repeat them. I mostly hang out on Mastodon (at post.lurk.org/@disquiet), and I’m also trying out a few others. And I generally take weekends off social media. Posted very little this week. Some weeks are like that. ▰ Rewatched Michael Mann’s Collateral (2004), which really holds up, especially the wall-to-wall soundtrack / score / sound design (which bleed into each other) and the cinematography (endless number of striking images and sequences). ▰ Wow, the new “capture” option in the Obsidian mobile app is fantastic. I never thought I’d remove the Bebop app from my iPhone, but this…